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Author Archives: F.T. Rea
The Devils & the Details
My first good look at what was to become the Biograph Theatre was in July of 1971. Having gotten a tip from a friend that the DeeCee-based owners were considering the hiring of a local manager, I went to the … Continue reading
Posted in Birthdays, History
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Five Film Favorites: Best Picture Winners
It’s cold outside and, yes, we’re in the midst of the awards season. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the nominees for Best Picture later this month. The Academy started handing out the awards first for … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Lists
Tagged Academy Awards, Brenda Vaccaro, Casablanca, Claude Rains, Clint Eastwood, Danny DeVito, Dustin Hoffman, Elia Kazan, Eva Marie Saint, Five Film Favorites, Gene Hackman, Humphrey Bogart, hurt locker, Ingrid Bergman, Jack Nicholson, John Schlesinger, Jon Voight, Lee J. Cobb, Louise Fletcher, Marlon Brando, Michael Curtiz, Midnight Cowboy, Milos Forman, Morgan Freeman, On the Waterfront, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Unforgiven
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Five Film Favorites: Overwhelming First Viewings
Since it’s easy enough to find plenty of articles listing the authors’ best pictures of 2010, I won’t duplicate the exercise here. Instead, at the end of the year I’m thinking about how so many of us ponder what we … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Lists
Tagged 8½, Abel Gance, Albert Dieudonné, Anouk Aimée, Blow Up, Chinatown, Claudia Cardinale, David Hemmings, Delphine Seyrig, Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Edmond Van Daële, Faye Dunaway, Federico Fellini, Fernando Rey, Five Film Favorites, Jack Nicholson, John Huston, Luis Buñuel, Marcello Mastroianni, Michelangelo Antonioni, Napoleon, Paul Frankeur, Roman Polanski, Sarah Miles, Vanessa Redgrave, Vladimir Roudenko
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Five Film Favorites: Guilty Pleasures
This week’s list of five was prompted by “Guilty Pleasures by Mike White,” which was posted last month. Inspiration is always welcomed. Besides, if this isn’t the perfect season in which to celebrate our own peculiar proclivities, what part of … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Lists
Tagged Albert Lewin, Arthur Penn, Audrey Hepburn, Blake Edwards, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Brian De Palma, Charlton Heston, Chase, Donna Reed, Five Film Favorites, George Peppard, George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Jane Fonda, Janet Leigh, Jessica Harper, Marlon Brando, Orson Welles, Patricia Neal, Paul Williams, Phantom of the Paradise, Picture of Dorian Gray, Robert Redford, Touch of Evil, William Finley
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Five Film Favorites: Rock ‘n’ Roll
When considering music films for a favorites list there are so many different kinds of musicals and movies about music that the category begs to be narrowed. Therefore, for this list of five favorites, I’m looking only at rock ‘n’ … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Lists
Tagged Albert Maysles, Beach Boys, Big Brother and the Holding Company, D.A. Pennebaker, David Maysles, Five Film Favorites, Gimme Shelter, Grateful Dead, James Brown, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Jonathan Demme, Last Waltz, Lesley Gore, Mamas and Papas, Martin Scorsese, Marvin Gaye, Monterey Pop, Otis Redding, Rolling Stones, Simon and Garfunkel, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Steve Binder, Stop Making Sense, Supremes, Talking Heads, The Band, The T.A.M.I. Show, The Who, Tina Turner
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Double-Take: Kass 333
This morning I thought of Carole Kass, longtime movie critic at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, who died at the age of 73 in 2000. So, for the sake of a little variety this week my post will be about her, instead … Continue reading
Posted in History, Local
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Five Film Favorites: Science Fiction
This category is somewhat troublesome for me. You see, unlike many film buffs, I’m not all that much of a science fiction fan. Used to be, when I was a kid. Then, somewhere along the line I began to realize … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Lists
Tagged A Clockwork Orange, April Kent, Brazil, Cyril Cusack, Ernest Borgnine, Escape from New York, Fahrenheit 451, Five Film Favorites, François Truffaut, Grant Williams, Incredible Shrinking Man, Jack Arnold, John Carpenter, Jonathan Pryce, Julie Christie, Katherine Helmond, Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Malcolm McDowell, Michael Bates, Oskar Werner, Patrick Magee, Randy Stewart, Robert De Niro, Stanley Kubrick, Terry Gilliam
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